Denis Wood (1)

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Denis Wood is a writer living in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is the author of several books. Formerly Professor of Design at North Carolina State University, Wood received a doctorate in geography from Clark University

Fotografie: www.deniswood.net/

Werken van Denis Wood

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The Power of Maps (1992) 266 exemplaren

Seeing Through Maps: The Power of Images to Shape Our World View (2001) — Auteur — 56 exemplaren

Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas (2011) 54 exemplaren

Rethinking the Power of Maps (2010) 45 exemplaren

The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World (2008) 41 exemplaren

Five Billion Years of Global Change: A History of the Land (2004) 11 exemplaren

Home Rules (1994) 8 exemplaren

dancing and singing: a narrative atlas of boylan heights 1 exemplaar

The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth.(Book Review): An article from: Cartography and Geographic Information Science 1 exemplaar

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The power of maps door Denis Wood

248 p., maps, illustrations

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BmoreMetroCouncil | 4 andere besprekingen | Feb 9, 2017 |

The Power of Maps door Denis Wood PhD

I found Wood’s literary style somewhat cumbersome. However, this book is essential for the philosophical and earnest cartographer. It discusses not only the history of maps but their social meaning. For example, what is the significance and intent of a county map that runs borders through Indian reservations? Denis Wood goes deep into the social contribution made by cartographers.

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Carlelis | 4 andere besprekingen | Dec 3, 2016 |

The Power of Maps door Denis Wood

Mapping philosophy with a twist of curmudgeonliness, parsing cartography from the top down: the power structure, the agendas, the symbology, the unstated. You get a healthy dose of mapmaking semiotics, which is not necessarily a bad thing unless you never want to see the words "signified" and "signifier" again as long as you live. But I like Denis Wood's take on things, and the chapter where he recreates a child's cognitive evolution of hillsign making, including unpacking the way landmasses are portrayed in The Little Engine That Could, Millions of Cats, and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, are worth the price of admission right there. Wood can get a bit didactic, but that's not always a bad thing, and his skepticism is by and large healthy. Even if he does punctuate like a 12-year-old girl, this is a very readable and entertaining treatise.… (meer)

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lisapeet | 4 andere besprekingen | May 1, 2013 |

The Power of Maps door Denis Wood

I really enjoyed this--the sociology and semiotics of maps was not something I every really thought about before.
The guy's writing style is kind of entertaining--he has this habit of using a lot of ellipses and. . .italics. Which gives you the impression that he is deeply. . .stoned.

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